{
    "question": "How many Americans use AI chatbots?",
    "answer": "49% of US adults said they use AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot in Pew Research Center's survey of 5,119 adults in February 2026, up from about a third in 2024 (a differently worded question). 24% use one every day. Use falls with age, from 66% of adults 18 to 29 to 23% of those 65 and older.",
    "period": "Feb 2026",
    "key_numbers": [
        {
            "value": "49%",
            "label": "US adults who use AI chatbots",
            "note": "Pew Research Center, Feb 2026",
            "stat": "ai/us-adults-use-ai-chatbots"
        },
        {
            "value": "24%",
            "label": "US adults who use a chatbot every day",
            "note": "Pew Research Center, Feb 2026",
            "stat": "ai-search/us-adults-use-chatbots-daily"
        },
        {
            "value": "42%",
            "label": "US adults who use chatbots to search for information",
            "note": "Pew Research Center, Feb 2026",
            "stat": "ai-search/us-adults-use-chatbots-to-search"
        },
        {
            "value": "66%",
            "label": "Adults 18 to 29 who use AI chatbots, against 23% of those 65 and older",
            "note": "Pew Research Center, Feb 2026"
        },
        {
            "value": "64%",
            "label": "US teens 13 to 17 who use AI chatbots",
            "note": "Pew Research Center, Sep-Oct 2025",
            "stat": "social-media/teens-use-ai-chatbots"
        }
    ],
    "tables": [
        {
            "id": "how-often",
            "title": "How often US adults use AI chatbots (Feb 2026)",
            "columns": [
                "How often",
                "Share of US adults"
            ],
            "rows": [
                [
                    "Almost constantly",
                    "4%"
                ],
                [
                    "Several times a day",
                    "12%"
                ],
                [
                    "About once a day",
                    "8%"
                ],
                [
                    "Several times a week or less",
                    "25%"
                ],
                [
                    "Do not use chatbots",
                    "51%"
                ],
                [
                    "Daily or more often (total)",
                    "24%"
                ]
            ],
            "row_ids": [
                "freq-constant",
                "freq-several-daily",
                "freq-once-daily",
                "freq-weekly-or-less",
                "freq-never",
                "freq-daily"
            ],
            "note": "Pew Research Center, 5,119 US adults, 17-23 Feb 2026. The first four rows add up to the 49% who use chatbots.",
            "source": "pew"
        },
        {
            "id": "by-age",
            "title": "US adults using AI chatbots, by age (Feb 2026)",
            "columns": [
                "Age",
                "Use AI chatbots",
                "Use one daily",
                "Use them to search for information",
                "Use them for work (employed adults)"
            ],
            "rows": [
                [
                    "18 to 29",
                    "66%",
                    "31%",
                    "54%",
                    "41%"
                ],
                [
                    "30 to 49",
                    "61%",
                    "34%",
                    "53%",
                    "43%"
                ],
                [
                    "50 to 64",
                    "42%",
                    "19%",
                    "37%",
                    "29%"
                ],
                [
                    "65 and older",
                    "23%",
                    "7%",
                    "20%",
                    "18%"
                ],
                [
                    "All US adults",
                    "49%",
                    "24%",
                    "42%",
                    "38%"
                ]
            ],
            "row_ids": [
                "age-18-29",
                "age-30-49",
                "age-50-64",
                "age-65-plus",
                "age-all"
            ],
            "note": "Pew Research Center, 17-23 Feb 2026, chapter on age. The work column counts employed adults only.",
            "source": "pew"
        },
        {
            "id": "by-use",
            "title": "What US adults use AI chatbots for (Feb 2026)",
            "columns": [
                "Use of AI chatbots",
                "Share of US adults"
            ],
            "rows": [
                [
                    "To search for information",
                    "42%"
                ],
                [
                    "For tasks at work (employed adults)",
                    "38%"
                ],
                [
                    "For fun or entertainment",
                    "25%"
                ],
                [
                    "To create or edit images or videos",
                    "24%"
                ],
                [
                    "To get medical advice",
                    "20%"
                ],
                [
                    "To get diet and fitness information",
                    "20%"
                ],
                [
                    "To get news",
                    "13%"
                ],
                [
                    "For emotional support or advice",
                    "10%"
                ],
                [
                    "For companionship",
                    "4%"
                ]
            ],
            "row_ids": [
                "use-search",
                "use-work",
                "use-fun",
                "use-images",
                "use-medical",
                "use-diet",
                "use-news",
                "use-emotional",
                "use-companionship"
            ],
            "note": "Shares of all US adults, except work (employed adults).",
            "source": "pew"
        },
        {
            "id": "teens",
            "title": "US teens 13 to 17 using AI chatbots (Sep-Oct 2025)",
            "columns": [
                "Group",
                "Use AI chatbots",
                "Use one daily"
            ],
            "rows": [
                [
                    "All teens 13 to 17",
                    "64%",
                    "About 3 in 10"
                ],
                [
                    "Ages 15 to 17",
                    "68%",
                    "31%"
                ],
                [
                    "Ages 13 to 14",
                    "57%",
                    "24%"
                ],
                [
                    "Black teens",
                    "About 7 in 10",
                    "35%"
                ],
                [
                    "Hispanic teens",
                    "About 7 in 10",
                    "33%"
                ],
                [
                    "White teens",
                    "58%",
                    "22%"
                ]
            ],
            "row_ids": [
                "teens-all",
                "teens-15-17",
                "teens-13-14",
                "teens-black",
                "teens-hispanic",
                "teens-white"
            ],
            "note": "Pew Research Center, 1,458 US teens, 25 Sep-9 Oct 2025. 16% of teens use chatbots several times a day or almost constantly. 66% of teens in households earning $75,000 or more use them, against 56% in households under $30,000.",
            "source": "pew"
        }
    ],
    "sources": [
        {
            "name": "Pew Research Center",
            "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
            "type": "survey",
            "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Real-Time Population Survey: Generative AI Adoption Tracker (FRED)",
            "publisher": "Bick, Blandin and Deming, via the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)",
            "type": "survey",
            "url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Federal Reserve Board publications (SHED report, FEDS Notes, speeches)",
            "publisher": "Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System",
            "type": "official",
            "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/"
        }
    ],
    "content_changed_on": "2026-10-30",
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/ai-chatbot-use",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/ai-chatbot-use.csv"
}